Question: In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting applied to foreign currency denominated assets. We will see a different use of Girsanov theorem.

In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting applied to foreign currency denominated assets. We will see a different use of Girsanov theorem. [For more details see Musiela and Rutkowski (1997).] Let r, f denote the domestic and the foreign risk-free rates. Let St be the exchange rate, that is, the price of one unit of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency. Assume a geometric process for the dynamics of St:
dSt = (r ˆ’ f )Stdt + σStdWt
(a) Show that
In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting

Where Wt is aWiener process under probability P.
(b) Is the process

In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting

a martingale under measure P?
(c) Let Q be the probability

In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting

What does Girsanov theorem imply about the process, Wt ˆ’ σt, under Q?
(d) Show, using Ito formula, that

In this exercise we work with the Black- Scholes setting

where Zt = 1/St.
(e) Under which probability is the process Ztert/eft a martingale?
(f) Can we say that Q is the arbitrage-free measure of the foreign economy?

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a We are given the following SDE dS t r fS t dt S t dW t 446 Application of Itos Lemma shows that the solution to this SDE is S t S 0 e rf12 2tWt 447 We can verify this by letting S t ftW t S 0 e rf1 ... View full answer

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